The meeting with Nightshade hung heavily over Izuku Midoriaya's head; Eri was still in the hands of a psychopath and being used to destroy Quirks and heroes….and while he had done his best, it wasn't enough.

"Hey, you okay?"

Izuku looked up to see a boy his age looking at him with concern. He was obviously foregin; tanned skin and spiky hair that seemed to be a mix of black and blonde. He wore a school uniform of navy blue and white with red lining, and his right hand was gloved.

"You speak Japanese?"

The boy gave shake of his head

"Not really," Izuku realized he could still understand the young man. "A classmate of mine created a universal translator."

He pointed to his left ear, revealing what looked like a Blue-Tooth with the picture of a globe on it.

"A classmate?" Izuku asked for confirmation

"Yeah, I'm from Kirby High school of Heroics back in New York City." The boy explained as he sat down next to Izuku. "My class and I are here for a spring break trip. So…what's bothering you?"

Izuku looked down at his feet

"Well, I just…" he tried to find the right words without giving too much information away. "…There's a little girl whose Quirk is being weaponized to make Anti-Quirk bullets. I tried to save her, but…"

"Didn't go like you'd hoped?" the boy asked, getting a nod. "Yeah, the first failure is alays tough."

Izuku looked over at the boy, wanting to ask what he meant, but also sensing it probably wasn't a good idea to press the matter.

"so, what do you want to do about it?"

Izuku decided to humor the fellow.

"I want to try again. I know some things to expect now….and I can't just wait around." His determination then faded. "But…I need at least one more person."

"I see…." The new boy noted, a smile on his face. Glancing around, he then leaned in an asked. "You got your costume?"

"Um, yeah?"

"Good, meet me back here at 8:00 tonight."

He then got up and raced to rejoin his class, leaving Izuku bewildered and a little confused as to what ahd just happened

MHPP

Deku waited for his new….friend? Ally?

"Sorry I'm late."

The newcomer wore a white hoodie with armored shoulder-pads and fingerless black gloves, altough the glove he had worn on his right hand was still visible. His face was covered by both some red and white paint that reached to his chin, on top of a domino mask and a lower face mask not unlike one a ninja would wear. On his chest, a giant 'E' stood out, and on his back there was a baseball bat and an off looking pistol on his right hip. He wore the pants of a lacrosse player and lightweight military grade boots.

"A little overdoing yet, yeah." He chuckled weakly. "I get that a lot. So, since I'm new to this conflict, why don't you tell me a bit about the kidnapper and were he was last based at?"

Izuku thought back.

"He called himself her father, spoke with some medical terms…."

"So an abandoned hospital, probably just recently and not too far from his last hideout if he moved to feel safe, is most likely where we'll find him." The boy mused. "Know any?"

Izuku thought hard and one came to him.

"We'll start there."

MHPP

When they spotted a bunch of thugs standing outside the abandoned Pharmaceutical factory, the boys knew they were on the right track. When one the thugs left to make a bathroom break, they grabbed him and slammed him against the wall.

"Where's the girl?" Deku demanded

"Not saying, brat." The thug smirked. "Why don't you piss off before my boss comes back?"

"Deku? Let me."

The new comer slugged the man in the face and removed his bat, slamming it down in the man's…place.

"Please." He asked, and the man pointed to the open window on the top floor. "Thank you."

He then kocked the man out and threw him over the fence.

"Kind of brutal, don't you think?" Deku asked as they stealthily raced through the factory, hiding behind some equipment.

"They're hurting a kid." The other boy reminded his ally as they stood out Eri's door. They then flung it open, seeing the little girl on her bed. She saw the boy 2ho had almost saved her and sashed towards him

"It's okay, we got you." Deku assured her. "We're here to take you away from this horrible place."

"Are you now?"

The two heroes-in-training turned to see Overhaul and his minions standing outside.

"Get them." Overhaul commanded, and the Eight Precepts raced to deal with the meddling boys.

The newcomer leapt over them and pulled out his gun, firing a glop of goo onto Overhaul's hands, bringing the Yakuza to the ground.

"Really?" He smirked under his amsk as he activated his Quirk….only for noting to happen. "W-What the hell?"

"Anti-Quirk spray." The boy explained to all. "Only works for three minutes."

Overhaul attempted to kick the boy; as long as he touched his target, his Quirk could work. Admittedly, his hands were easier, but when defending your biggets resource, one can't be too picky. Sadly for him, the foreign boy jumped back and fired again, pinning his legs to the ground.

"Looks like that trick or yours only works if you can touch." The boy noted. "But, just to be safe…"

He sprayed Overhaul's eyes and then lept back to aid Deku and Eri.

"SETSUNA!" The leader of the group demanded as he tried in vain to remove the gunk

"I'll take that!"

The gun appeared in Setsuna's hand as Rappa and Hojo raced towards Izuku, who barely managed to activate Full Cowling and leap away from their punches.

"WATCH THE GIRL!" Hojo reminded his violent cohort

"Like I care about the brat!" Rappa hissed. "He'll just rebuild her again anyways."

'ONE FOR ALL…SHOT STYLE!"

Deku delivered a kick to Hojo's side, sending crystalized villain flying itno a wall uncousious, his crystals destroyed.

Just then something hit Izuku, and he barely had time to spot a clock on hos stomach

"Nice job Chrono." Overhaul smirked under his mask. 'See, Rappa? That is how you handle problems."

"I can slow down time for a few minutes." The assistant explained to the young hero as Nemoto pulled out a pistol. "More than enoygh time to end you."

Deku covered Eri with his form, only to feel himself being pulled away as the bullets began to fly.

"Stay here, I'll handle things." The newcomer said asn eh dashed towards the masked gunman, only for some Anti-Quirk spray to nearly hit him.

"Thanks for the assist, kid!" Mimic, materialized at the top of the gun, laughed. "Thus stuff costs a small fortune, now we can make it our…"

The gun was then kicked out of Setsuna's hand, and the other villain was sent flying into a wall along with Tabe. The gun's original owner then pressed a button that made the gun explode, forcing Mimic to return to his body as Chrono dashed towards the other boy, firing off darts that barely missed him…

Just then, he heard a familiar….

"SMASH!"

Chrono barely dodged Deku's punch and a downwards kick from the other boy, spying some blood.

"Wait…how the hell can you be moving?" He demanded. "Those bullets destroy Quirks!"

"Yeah…and I don't have one."

….

….

The room went silent for a full minute, just long enough for Overhaul to free himself of the gunk.

Deku spied his ally's form; bloodied holes in his arms, right shoulder and left hip. Eri's eyes widened at her other hero's resolve

"A hero's first duty is to protect." The newcomer said with finalty, no sign of pain obvious. "Their body is a shield to defend the innocent."

Chrono shook his h4d and dashed towards the boy, who weaved under his fist and delivered an uppercut that sent him into the roof. And with that, only Rappa and Overhaul where left standing.

"When this is over, I'm killing you." Rappa promised Overhaul

"So…" The foreign boy mused. "You know that deep down, you could never kill Overhaul, so you tried to look for an opening while keeping up the bluff to hide his defeat."

Rappa froze at the boy's words

'Well, that's just pathetic." Overhail mused. "Laughable, even."

The entire room, minus Eri began to laugh at Rappa's rather pitful existence

"THAT'S IT!"

The enraged villain raced towards the little faster boy and the little brat. If he couldn't beat Overhaul, he could at least have the satisfaction of at least screwing up his operations with offing the girl for a while at least.

'Damn it, no use hiding it now!'

The other boy raced back to Izuku and rose his bat, pressed a button just as Rappa brought his fist down. From the bat emerged a shield that stopped Rappa's punches completely.

"Bet you probably got your start taking candy from babies." The newcomer said. "Some tough guy you are."

Rappa ignoring his intial targets, decided to vent his frustrations on this foreign boy.

"What? Can't even hear his name in the same sentence as yours?"

"YOU'RE GONNA REGRET THAT!" Rappa shouted as he swung madly, determined to wipe the grin off the boy's face

"All I'm saying is…" The newcomer smiled as Tengai and Sakaki raced to grab him. "…You're obviously the strongest of the bunch…."

He bobbed and weaved through the punches and attempts to grab him, and the two Villains were soon knocked out by Rappa's punches

Rappa was cut off by a brutal blow to the back of his head, delivered by the slower boy's bat, which had been detached from the shield, and Deku's kick.

"…Just not the brightest." The two heroes msued, making Eri giggle.

Suddenly spikes fromed from the ground

"Right, forgot about him." Deku glared at Overhaul.

"Hey Deku?"

"Yeah?"

"Don't you think it's time this guy to learn a lesson?"

Deku joined his comrade in his smile, catching on what he was suggesting. He placed Eri on his back and together, the two dashed towards Overhaul, dodging the spikes that rose up from

"You may have heard these words before, but today…" Deku started.

"You'll learn what they really mean." The other hero finished

The young and future Symbol of Peace felt 'One for All' coursing through his body, focusing into his fist. It would be bloodied and raw when this was over, but it would be worth it to see this scumbag of a Villain get his just deserts.

Izuku was not normally a violent boy, and neither was his partner in this adventure. But to hear someone using a child to further their goals made the two of them feel pits in their stomachs.

"GO BEYOND!" The two boys shouted together as they clenched their fists tight. Seemingly starting to realize where he was headed, the leader of the gang began to scream

"YOU BRATS! MY PLAN AIN'T GOING TO BE STOPPED BY A DUO OF SNOT NOSED BRAT PUNKS!"

He summoned all of his Quirk's remaining power to modify the area, not caring about his men. In Overhaul's mind, he could repair them later. All that mattered was killing these two brats.

"DIE! DIE! BE CURED OF LIFE! NEMOTO! SAVE ME!"

Unfortunately, his most loyal follower was out of the range of his Quirk and impaled.

"NO!"

"PLUS….!"

The two boys grew closer….closer…He could feel their enraged breath…

"DON'T TOUCH ME….!" He screamed as he tried in vain to touch and destroy them, but it was for naught: the two leapt over him and their fists made impact with the screaming lunatic's back. Together they roared a triumphant:

"ULTRA!"

Overhaul was sent flying through the wall of the building, flying straight towards the wall of another. He was knocked out cold when he finally made impact, and would be picked up by the police in an hour or so.

The two then heard feet racing up the stairs; the thugs they had passed must have heard or seen the fight break out and were now racing to stop them,

"Get the girl out of here!" The unknown boy demanded as he reached behind his back. "I'll take care of the grunts and catch up!"

Deku nodded as he raced to the window closest window.

"Hold tight, Eri!" He commanded gently, leaping through the glass and landing on a nearby roof, dashing as fast as his legs could carry him.

Meanwhile, the other boy grabbed the remains of his Anti-Quirk spray gun and his bat, when he heard a groan from Rappa.

"Wait…that symbol…" Rappa gasped as he struggling to get free of the gunk and spied something on the shield.

"So you noticed." The boy mused as he heard gunfire from outside. Risking an attack from the villain, he glanced out the window and saw police cars had surrounded the factory.

"You're the missing…" Rappa started

"Yeah."

Even though his face couldn't be seen, te boy could tell that the villain was smiling as he forced himself to his feet, ready for another fight.

"The Guild's put quite a bounty on your head; 2 billion in cold, hard cash."

"Thanks for the notice. Pity you won't be able to collect it." The boy smirked as he pointed to the door, which was forced down by…

"POLICE! FREEZE!"

The Yakuza turned just in time to one of the boys who had ruined their operations leaping out the window Deku had escaped from.

"Say hi to Stain for me!"

He then leapt out of the window and landed on the same roof as his ally, ignoring the pain in his form

"You ok?"

"I've had worse, don't worry. But, we better skedaddle on out of here."

"Good idea…." Izuku mused. "I'll take Eri to UA for now."

"Hey." The boy smiled at his counterpart. "We make a good team, don't you think?"

Izuku smiled in agreement as his ally began to head in another direction.

"W-wait! Who are you?" He called out.

"Call me Everyman!" He waved as he neared the building's ledge. "I'll be seeing you again, Izuku Midoriya!"

He then leapt into an alley and before Izuku could ask how he knew his name, had vanished into the nighttime crowd.

MHPP

Izuku and Eri quietly snuck into UA's kitchen, where the future symbol of peace began to make the little girl some hot coco.

"Here you go." He smiled gently as he handed her a mug

"Thank you, Mr. Deku." She took a small sip and smiled.

"You can call me Izuku, if you want." The boy said gently, not used to eing tahnked…but wow, did it feel good.

"Oi, DEKU!"

Izuku cringed and jumped in his seat before dashing to hide Eri behind him without spilling her coco.

"K-K-Kaachan!" He weakly acknowledged his childhood friend's appearance.

"The hell are you doing so late, nerd?" The explosive boy asked.

"Um…you know…" Izuku tried to half-life. "J-just making some coco…Ya want some, Kaachan?"

Bakugo glared at his rival, who tensed up and subtly tried to hide Eri by gently yet forcibly bringing her closer to him.

"What the heck is going on?"

The two boys turned to see the rest of their class had made their way down to the cafeteria

"Curfew was two hours ago!" Ida shouted in annoyance, only to be ignored

"Everyone calm down." Momo said.

"What happened to your hand, Izuku?!" Ochako asked in concern when she saw Izuku's bandaged hand, as did everyone else; ever since intership, Izuku had seemed to finally be over injuring himself

"Mr. Deku?"

Eri peaked behind her savior and caught a glimpse of people his age; most of them looked very nice and strong, but the one he called Kaachan scared her.

"Aw, how cute!" Uraraka and Mina squeeled at the sight of the little girl, and Eri soon found herself being cuddled by the girls, giggling the whole time.

"What's your name, sweetie?" Kyoka asked with a smile as Momo made the little girl a dolly which she quickly took.

"Eri, miss…"

She then spotted Toru's floating pajamas, and reacted accoridingly for a little girl.

"AH!" Eri screamed as she ducked back behind Izuku. "A GHOST!"

"What?" Toru asked, before realizing. "Oh no! No, no, no! Sweetie, I'm not a ghost, I'm just invisible! I'm not going to hurt you…"

"Prove it!" Eri demanded.

And then something happened that most of the class had never seen before;

Toru was suddenly visible; revealing herself to have clear skin, green eyes and sleek hair that covered her eyes, along with a small beauty mark.

….

….

"What?" she asked her classmates. "I've always been able to change to normal!"

"Then why didn't you?"

"You never asked!" She replied. "Besides, it doesn't help my Quirk."

"As enthralling as this is," Todoroki said, turning his attention to Izuku. "What were you doing? You obviously snuck out and helped this girl out…"

"I wasn't alone." Izuku confessed. "I had help from some guy named Everyman."

While the others listened in awe of Izuku's story, Ida and Momo seemed to be more focused on the name of his ally.

'Where have I heard that name before?'

MHPP

Everyman slipped through the window of his hotel room, making his injuries ache and bleed a little bit. He stifled a groan and made his way to the bathroom to get a better look at where the bullets had hit and clean up.

"What I wouldn't give for a retracting quirk right now." He whispered, using a pair of pliers to pull out the bullets and then stitching his wounds up as best he could. He then made his way to his bed, too exhausted to care about the light blood stains